Read John 2  Jesus takes the ordinary water and transforms it into expensive wine.  How have you seen Jesus takes what has seemed ‘ordinary’ in you and transformed it into something that gives Him glory?  In what ways has God surprised you with a blessing, a gift, a way that He has used you? 

Read John 2  Sit and picture yourself at this wedding. Perhaps remember the last fun wedding that you attended.  We read in chapter 1 that Jesus came and lived among us. He sat, relaxed, went to weddings, and had his mom tell him what to do!  How does it change the current picture of Jesus in your mind to picture …

Today, take a look back at the Sabbath practice that was highlighted a few months back during the Exodus series.  Link: https://riversidecommunity.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/SD-Handout-Sabbath.pdf

   Read John 1  If you had to condense this chapter to one sentence, write out that sentence on a separate piece of paper. What are the 2 things you will remember most from this chapter?

Read John 1   John testifies about Jesus to his own disciples and two of them head towards Jesus.   Jesus calls them and two more to begin gathering His own band of disciples.  What did your ‘calling’ look like? What do you remember about deciding to follow Jesus?  What compels you to continue following Jesus?  Who, in your life right now, …

   Read John 1  John refers to Jesus as ‘the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world’.  If you remember from Exodus, lambs were routinely brought to the temple as sacrifices to atone for the sins of the people.  Our Hebrews devotions told us that the blood of bulls and goats would never permanently take away …

Read John 1  What do you learn about John the Baptist from this chapter?  How do you see John’s humility come through as he speaks about Jesus?  I always think it’s amazing that John so clearly hears God’s voice saying that Jesus was ‘the one’.   What are the ways that the Holy Spirit speaks most clearly to you?  If you …